Sometimes their whole body can be covered in feathers. They resemble large snakes, with a head similar to that of a Dragon and large, feathered wings. They speak their own rather sibilant tongue. Coatl are intelligent creatures, and may be magical. The Slann associate the creatures with their God Quetzalcoatl, treating it as a sacred animal.
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The Coatl, or flying serpent, is a strange Lustrian creature that figures strongly in the legends of the Slann. This article may contain older content that is now considered non-canon They are then used to weave a Cloak of Feathers, a magical cape that shimmers with a power that not only wards away evil sorcery, but allows the wearer to soar into the air whenever he extends his arms.
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Skink Priests gather the feathers shed by the Coatl over the centuries, for a portion of their mystic power infuses every one of them. The skies darken and the jungle shifts, and the invaders are soon hopelessly disoriented, lost within a swirling maelstrom of magical aspect. The Coatl appears from the skies upon a thunderous wind, churning the jungle canopy and stirring the undergrowth to a frenzy. Those few who have lived to tell the tale speak of a terrible force of nature that is able to call upon the ancient mystical power that permeates the jungle. When the Coatl attack, they rarely leave any witnesses. The Coatl are sometimes seen as messengers of the gods, beseeched when a sacred site is under threat that the power of the Old Ones will be granted to the Lizardmen. The Coatl are said to be a manifestation of the Old One Tepok, and are venerated by the Skink Priests as sacred creatures of the air, magic and of places of power. The Coatl are powerful manipulators of the Winds of Magic, and are said to have the power to alter the jungle around them to draw invaders away from the sacred places in which they dwell, and into the leech-infested swamps surrounding them. Sporting a long, sinuous, snake-like body, a dragon-like head and massive feathered wings, the Coatl is more than an unlikely accident of evolution.